Goddess of Justice Drops Scales Over Westmoreland County
A June 28 1910 Greensburg Pennsylvania incident sees the statue of Justice topple its scales after court adjourns. The article frames it as a omen tied to coal interests and the Pennsylvania Railroad, criticizing repression of workers in Irwin field and Westmoreland county. The piece links fear of judicial bias to poor Thanksgiving conditions for miners and tents residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
Court House
Westmoreland County
Ennsylvania
Justice
Irwin Field
Pennsylvania Railroad
Westmoreland Hills
Judge McCall Rules Standard Oil Rebates Noncriminal Per Shipments
A Jackson Tennessee court judge held that Standard Oil faced no guilt for rebates per shipment but only per settlement with railroads. The ruling privatizes accountability and critics warn it may let rebates and trusts escape final settlement, boosting government prosecutors’ task. The piece lauds Judge McCall’s independence and attacks dissenters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McCall
United States Court
Jackson, Tenn
Standard Oil Co
Standard Off
Daniel
McCall
The Larger Thanksgiving
A reflective poem by Edmund Vance Cooke urging readers to expand gratitude beyond personal abundance. It questions selfish feasts and calls for a universal, shared celebration and a larger prayer that benefits all living beings. It condemns gifts that hurt others and promotes toil toward common good.
Thanksgiving through time a Cranberry filled survey
A whimsical survey of Thanksgiving origins from Puritan roots to modern celebrations. It notes pumpkin pie, long faces evolving to round, early proclamations by Washington, cranberry cultivation, and references to sayings and jokes about the holiday.
Lookout Mountain and Browns Ferry Bridge Flood Turned Civil War
On November 24 1863 a freshet on the Tennessee River split Shermans forces by forcing a pontoon bridge at Brown's Ferry to fail The action altered plans for Lookout Mountain the battle above the clouds and changed military history by drawing Confederate attention away from Shermans main move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Brown
Perry
Sherman
Joe Hooker
Lookout Mountain
Browns Ferry
U. S
Adeline Dunlap Star Reporter Thrives After Tragedy
Adeline Dunlap the star of Madame X at Moore Theatre gives thanks amid a celebrated Thanksgiving. Once a Denver girl reporter, she rose through vaudeville and Broadway to become a leading stage actress praised for powerful portrayal and enduring optimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adeline Dunlap
Moore Theatre
Orpheum
Bessie Tanner
George Ade'sa
Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah
Jacquelin
Madame X
Star
Denver
Miss Dunlap
George Ade
Misa Dunlap
Ye Jolly Jests of Ye Joyful Thanksgiving Jokers Fuss Over a Mutton Chop
Humorous snippets recount Thanksgiving dining foibles and Lent taboos. Doctors, politicians, and comedic households discuss meat, pie, and propriety with tall tales of mutton, turkey, and cranberry. A playful collage highlights dietary tensions and holiday tricks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon Flexner
Rockefeller Institute
Hopkins
Odd Job Sailor Trains Balance On Self Dumping Scow
In New York a worker named Nolan performs aboard a ship that flips upright to dump 900 tons of dirt. The self dumping scow, newly invented, uses a water filled chamber to capsize and right the vessel, reducing dumping time from previous methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mike Nolan
Mike
Nolan
New Millinery Store to Mirror Parisian Architecture
Charles Kurzman plans a Fifth Avenue Fifth Street millinery store with Italian marble front and Paquin style pilasters, a 21 foot high showroom, a back balcony, and an Italian garden inspired by Paris boutiques. Also mentions lodging at The Virginus and Foley Kidney Pills at Bartel Drug Stores.
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New York
Charles Kurzman
Fifth Av
6Th St
Fifth Ay
American Institute of Architecture
Paquin
Rue de la Paix
Paree
Observations on happy endings and public life
The text mixes commentary on tobacco use near theaters, Mary Garden, and a coy note about ten thousand horses and a dirt road across the state. It mentions Katsura, the Japanese premier, seeking 20 million for more ships and the burden on common Japanese people to raise funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faye
A. God Katsura
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Edmund Vance Cooke
Stardust
Rastus
Cordin
Turkey
Cucurbita Pepe
Webster
Massachusetts Colony
Massachusetts
Wisconsin
New Jersey
Washington
John Copley
Wilifred
Winifred
Halil
Tillman
Tommy
Sivile Old New York
Norman
New Haven & Hart
Boston
Nia
Wootlake
Bartel Drug Stores
Hayden Carruth
The
Woman's Home
Mary Garden
Pasha
London
Ohio
Dentists
Pike St
Over
Ow! Drug Co
Bartell Drug Stores
Eastern Outfitting Co
Seattle
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